Audition: Jungle Book

Yesterday Abi auditioned for a role in next year's production of The Jungle Book. This is the Fall play which is only open to 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. After getting a list of the roles, she decided that she wanted to try out for the role of Baby Elephant.  In order to audition, she had to sing a song of her choice for 30 seconds and perform a 30 second monologue (again, of her choice).  She decided to sing one of her choir songs (Food Glorious Food from Oliver) and for her monologue, she chose to do some lines as Mother Gothel, from the movie Tangled.  Apparently Baby Elephant was quite a popular choice as there were LOTS of kids trying out for this role.

As I have said many times in this blog (and to her), I am in awe of her ability to get up in front of a room of her peers and teachers and perform with great confidence.  It is truly a gift and one that I hope she continues to grow, as she has a passion and a love for it. I'm so grateful that we attend a school which has such awesome programs which foster that confidence and encourage creativity and the arts.

This was her first "true" audition (in the past she has done group auditions with no monologues). She worked really hard on it and I'm so proud of her. Fortunately, all her work paid off because today she was offered the role of Kaa Snake (actually, she is part of Kaa - the tail).  It didn't seem to bother her that she didn't get the role of Baby Elephant - she is super excited to be a part of the new play and can't wait for rehearsals to begin next Fall. Stay tuned...